I'm using Vista Business (32-bit) and Outlook 2007. I have recently had to
create a new pst file to resolve a problem with syncing with my PPC and as a
result I've lost access to my Master Category list. Here's what's happened
so far. I created a new pst file and called it 'test.pst' (friendly name
'My Test'). I kept my existing Outlook profile, to keep my email accounts
intact, but made test.pst the default file. When I then opened Outlook, I had
the 'My Test' folder set and (below it) a set of Personal Folders which
contained the original Outlook.pst data. Folder by folder, I moved the
contents of the original folders to the folders of the new pst file, till the
original folders were all empty, then closed the 'Personal Folders' set of
folders. This all worked fine, as did syncing the PPC with the new file.
However, I only realised today that new contacts only have the default
'colour' categories available to allocate to them. My contacts have retained
all their categories, but when I open a contact, then click 'Categorize'/'All
categories', all the user-created categories say 'Not in Master Category
List' (MCL). When I've migrated previous versions of Outlook (to a new PC,
for example), I've gone into the registry to migrate the MCL so I went there
to see what was in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\O utlook\Categories. There
are two entries: Default/Reg_SZ/(Value not set) and Master
List/Reg_Binary/42 00 69 00….(lots of data here). When I right-click on
Master List and select 'Modify' another window opens and in the right hand
column I can clearly see the names of my user-created categories; each letter
is separated by a dot, categories are separated by a semicolon. However,
according to http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp 'Outlook 2007 does
not use the registry for a master category list'. So how do I retrieve the
MCL from the original pst without buying a 3rd party application to do this
and a load of other stuff I don't need?

Without a third-party tool you can make the old PST the default one in order
to get access to you old master category list. Then assign all of your
categories to one email. Switch back and make the new PST the default again.
Select the email, click the Categorize button, then All Categories. Select
one category that isn't in your master list, click New, then OK. You have to
repeat this for every category.

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Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Sun, 6 Sep 2009 10:34:01 -0700 schrieb browniebodrum:

I'm using Vista Business (32-bit) and Outlook 2007. I have recently had
to
create a new pst file to resolve a problem with syncing with my PPC and as
a
result I've lost access to my Master Category list. Here's what's
happened
so far. I created a new pst file and called it 'test.pst' (friendly name
'My Test'). I kept my existing Outlook profile, to keep my email accounts
intact, but made test.pst the default file. When I then opened Outlook, I
had
the 'My Test' folder set and (below it) a set of Personal Folders which
contained the original Outlook.pst data. Folder by folder, I moved the
contents of the original folders to the folders of the new pst file, till
the
original folders were all empty, then closed the 'Personal Folders' set of
folders. This all worked fine, as did syncing the PPC with the new file.
However, I only realised today that new contacts only have the default
'colour' categories available to allocate to them. My contacts have
retained
all their categories, but when I open a contact, then click
'Categorize'/'All
categories', all the user-created categories say 'Not in Master Category
List' (MCL). When I've migrated previous versions of Outlook (to a new
PC,
for example), I've gone into the registry to migrate the MCL so I went
there
to see what was in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\O utlook\Categories.
There
are two entries: Default/Reg_SZ/(Value not set) and Master
List/Reg_Binary/42 00 69 00….(lots of data here). When I right-click on
Master List and select 'Modify' another window opens and in the right hand
column I can clearly see the names of my user-created categories; each
letter
is separated by a dot, categories are separated by a semicolon. However,
according to http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp 'Outlook 2007
does
not use the registry for a master category list'. So how do I retrieve
the
MCL from the original pst without buying a 3rd party application to do
this
and a load of other stuff I don't need?

The Slipstick page contains a link that shows you one method:
http://www.outlook-tips.net/howto/categories.htm

--
Russ Valentine
[MVP-Outlook]
"browniebodrum" wrote in message
...
I'm using Vista Business (32-bit) and Outlook 2007. I have recently had
to
create a new pst file to resolve a problem with syncing with my PPC and as
a
result I've lost access to my Master Category list. Here's what's
happened
so far. I created a new pst file and called it 'test.pst' (friendly name
'My Test'). I kept my existing Outlook profile, to keep my email accounts
intact, but made test.pst the default file. When I then opened Outlook, I
had
the 'My Test' folder set and (below it) a set of Personal Folders which
contained the original Outlook.pst data. Folder by folder, I moved the
contents of the original folders to the folders of the new pst file, till
the
original folders were all empty, then closed the 'Personal Folders' set of
folders. This all worked fine, as did syncing the PPC with the new file.
However, I only realised today that new contacts only have the default
'colour' categories available to allocate to them. My contacts have
retained
all their categories, but when I open a contact, then click
'Categorize'/'All
categories', all the user-created categories say 'Not in Master Category
List' (MCL). When I've migrated previous versions of Outlook (to a new
PC,
for example), I've gone into the registry to migrate the MCL so I went
there
to see what was in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\O utlook\Categories.
There
are two entries: Default/Reg_SZ/(Value not set) and Master
List/Reg_Binary/42 00 69 00….(lots of data here). When I right-click on
Master List and select 'Modify' another window opens and in the right hand
column I can clearly see the names of my user-created categories; each
letter
is separated by a dot, categories are separated by a semicolon. However,
according to http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/olcat.asp 'Outlook 2007
does
not use the registry for a master category list'. So how do I retrieve
the
MCL from the original pst without buying a 3rd party application to do
this
and a load of other stuff I don't need?